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 Adam
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Registered: August 2005
Location: Edmonton, AB
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| Prince Albert 1 wrote on Tue, 01 January 2019 22:20 |
| overdue wrote on Tue, 01 January 2019 13:58 |
| shoop wrote on Tue, 01 January 2019 10:21 |
| mightyreasoner wrote on Tue, 01 January 2019 10:24 |
Don't worry, he will be AHL-bound once Russell is back because Manning was acquired and there are too many defensemen.
I don't know how any of Bouchard, Bear, or Jones elbow their way onto the team next year with millions of dollars and years of term committed to Manning, Russell, Sekera, and Benning. And UFAs Gravel and Petrovic might be better than those four guys too.
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How do the Oilers keep Benning up over Jones?
Right handedness isn't an issue because Jones has been groomed to be a right side defenseman and it shows.
In the seven games Jones has been with the Oilers he has unquestionably been better than Benning. In five of those games he was head and shoulders better than Benning.
The Philly game (Jones' first in the NHL) and the Tampa game are the only games where the level of play between the two was even close.
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Maybe it's time to put Benning on wavers and hope someone picks him up. Not sure why he is getting so much leash but he's pretty iffy as an NHL D man at best.
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I got this...it’s because they want to make it look like to the rest of the league that Benning is a #5 dman who’s young and trending up and would love to use that asset to acquire some depth on the wings. If they put him on waivers they would be devaluing that asset. Simple as that.
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There's definitely no reason to give Benning away. He hasn't been very good, but he's a 24 year old right-shot defenceman who has scored 15 and 21 points the last two years without first PP time. He's on pace for 15-19 points this season, and despite all the negative commentary around him, he's actually a plus player on this team. You have to wonder how he'd look on a team with a good defence where he could comfortably slot in as a third pairing guy.
If the Oilers wanted to, he's probably a guy they could give away via waivers, but I'm not sure that that's the best use of the asset.
"Thinking that a bad team's best players are the reason the team is bad is the "Tambellini re-signing Lennart Petrell" of sports opinions." @Woodguy55
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